CHILD DEVELOPMENT : Class 2 : Flour Babies (part 3)

Baby Eggie's Diary


Day 1

This morning I took Eggie for his first swimming lesson along with his human friend Freddie. Freddie got on very well, though Eggie seemed to prefer swimming underwater. By the end of the morning class, Eggie had learnt to swim without armbands so as a treat, we took him out for a lunch at the local cafe where he had a big glass of icecream.



The afternoon, Eggie had a nap for two hours before having his bottle - chicken milk, and then we took him to the park where he payed on the swings and slides.

For dinner, Eggie had beans on toast followed by an apple.

That evening, we left Eggie with my mum to babysit whilst we went out to the cinema for a couple of hours.

Day 2

The morning was spent teaching Eggie how to ride a shetland pony. As you can see from the photo - he didnt look very happy.



For lunch, we had a picnic in the local woods with some friends before going to a special egg children play center in the afternoon. Eggie loved the climbing frame until he fell and cut himself - yoke everywhere!

We took him to the hospital where he was plastered up and hard boiled (a routine procedure for eggs) before taking him home.

He didnt have any dinner as he didnt feel very well so went straight to bed!

Day 3

Eggie spent the morning at the local creshe when I went to work. He enjoyed playing with his friends with the building blocks. He had grapes for his snack and sandwiches for lunch and I picked him up at 1.30pm



That afternoon, Eggie played in the garden and in his padling pool. He feels a lot better today so had salad for dinner

Day 4

We spent all morning on the beach with Eggies friends and my family.



We ate a picnic on the beach and built sandcastles. Eggie swam in the sea but then it started raining so we went home and ate dinner. Eggie went to bed a little earlier tonight as he was so tired out

Day 5

(to be added)

Day 1:

Today Edna B. woke up very cranky and refused to eat her usual breakfast cereal. Whatever I did, she kept crying and whining until I whipped out a tomato and she calmed right down! She didn't eat it but the shape and color seemed to fascinate her. In the end I got her to eat some applesauce and a butter sandwich with the ends cut off. Since she calmed down and it was a lovely sunny day out, I decided to take Edna to the park. She really enjoyed herself, and her favorite bit was the swing set!



Day 2:

Edna woke up crying again and refused to be calmed. I hope she isn't going to make a pattern of this...perhaps she isn't feeling well or her throat aches in the morning? It's so hard to tell what's bothering them when they can't talk yet...anyway the tomato trick didn't calm her down today, but her daddy did. He made funny faces and swung her up in the air and soon enough she was laughing. There was a bit of a scare when Edna simply disappeared at one point during the day, but then we found her in the laundry basket, cuddled up and just about drifting off to sleep.



Day 3:

Today Edna woke giggling and smiling, thank Merlin. She kept grabbing for my grilled cheese sandwich but then dumped it on the floor. Took a deep breath, counted to 10, and had some Cheerios instead. Those Edna likes as well and we shared breakfast. We went out for a walk but Edna slid right out of the stroller and rolled her way down the street. She wasn't hurt except for a slight bump on the forehead but I must make sure to fasten her more securely next time.



Day 4:

Was raining out so we stayed in. Edna played with her toys and books. That kid sure loves reading! She's a genius, no doubt about it. She's gotten a few new teeth in, that explains her crankiness the last few days and now she loves her teething ring. She carries it with her everywhere and I've made sure to keep an extra handy at all times.



Day 5:

Edna stood up today! She was holding onto the coffee table, but still, what an accomplishment! She has never crawled so this is a bit odd, but when I rushed to check it up and call a doctor I was assured that this is fine, though slightly unusual. I knew my kid was a genius! She giggled and laughed all day but refused to go to sleep until after midnight. Hopefully she'll sleep a bit later tomorrow so I can get some rest.

Day 1:

Bart awoke quite late this morning. He didn't awake until 10.30 - quite a change from his usual 6.30. He has been in our care for a mere ten days, and this is the first he has woken up so late. Being an unusual child, he again refused to eat the breakfast of squashed banana and milk we provided. Instead he chose to eat a small plate of chopped up salami covered in chili sauce. Personally, I don't know how he can stomach to eat such food in the mornings.

After breakfast we decided to take him to the local Zoo. He certainly enjoyed looking at all the strange animals and was quite taken to the new addition to the zoo - a baby Zebra going by the name of Jamesy. A member of staff at the Zoo allowed us to enter the Zebra enclosure at feeding time and we even got a beautiful photo of Bart with the baby Zebra ! I think he wanted to take the baby Zebra home so we had to explain that Zebras cannot be kept as pets. After having such a late breakfast, Bart was not hungry enough for his lunch. He settled for an ice-cream on the out of the Zoo. Although he insisted on it being covered in tabasco sauce. Strange.

Back at home, Bart settled down to watch Lazytown. He seems quite taken to the show, although he seems to prefer the villian in the show, rather than the nice characters ! He refused to eat dinner tonight, and after playing with next door neighbours dog, he was tucked up in bed at around 9.00.



Day 2:

Well, Bart was up at his usual 6.30 today. He actually managed to eat some porridge with hot milk for breakfast. A proper, healthier breakfast for once. He seemed to be in a terrible, cranky mood though. We were thinking he maybe has a new tooth coming through already - it would certainly make him look a little less ... strange. Anyhoo, decided to take him shopping today and buy him a new toy in hopes of cheering him up.

We got to the toystore at around 1.00. We didn't leave until 5.30, and that was only because the staff had to ask us to leave. Bart insisted on riding around on the trainset instore for an hour and a half. He wouldn't get out of the Bob the Builder ride that was in one corner of the store. When he finally looked at the toys, he couldn't decide what he wanted. Finally, finally, finally, he settled on .... a shaving foam Ken. It has become his one of his favourite toys. He is fasinated at home Ken's beard can be shaved off, yet magically reappear again.

Back at home, Bart ate little of his dinner - potatoes, peas and lamb. He prefered to sit playing with his new toy. He wouldn' go to bed when I told him, again he wanted to play with Ken. Finally he went to bed at around 10.45. He insisted on taking Ken to bed with him.



Day 3:
Hrdly seen Bart at all today. Had to wake him at 7.30, to get him ready for the babysitter. He was in an extremely bad mood as he had so little sleep. I had a few things to attend to today, so he was left in the care of Kingstown - a babysitter I found in the Yellow Pages !

On my return at around 5.00, Kingstown informed me that Bart had refused breakfast again, had broken a coffee table in the living room by sawing off the legs with a nail file, and watched numerous episodes of 'Hells Bells : the true life story of being a Hells Angel.'

Having Bart in my care for the rest of the evening, I noticed that the program has had an effect on him. He has twice drawn a picture of a motorbike for me implying that I buy him one. He has also attempted to dye his hair black by colouring his blonde locks in with black marker. He feel asleep on the sofa quite early tonight - at 7.45.

Day 4:
Awoke at roughly 8.30. Went to wake Bart only to realise he has a fever and has turned a sickly colour of yellow. After a quick homevisit by the doctor, I was told to simply let him rest in bed for the remainder of the day. He couldn't eat any kind of breakfast, lunch nor dinner.

He simply lay in bed playing with Shaving Foam Ken and began to tear apart his former favourite toy - a collectors edition teddy bear. He also declined a visit from the dog next door.

Day 5:
Bart awoke at 10.00 today, feeling much better than yesterday. Infact, he was basically back to his old self. He ate a salami sandwich for breakfast and proceeded to beg yet again for a motorbike. I compromised with him and said I would take him to see some motorbikes. So off he went to a transport museum where he found the sights of motorbikes wonderful! Manged to get some photos of him atop some model motorbikes, which he enjoyed very much !

After a fun day there we trailed back home where I made him his favourite Sizzle & Stir Chicken Tikka sauce with noodles. He gobbled it all down ! We then settled down to watch some television - he now has a crazy obsession with Dog the Bounty Hunter and claims to want to be a bounty hunter when he grows up. He feel asleep on the sofa at around 10.30, so I placed him in bed.

This class is now closed. Your points are as follows:

Ellemanae: 200

Wytchkitty: 200

stephy: 200

streams of silver: 200

Puppet_Master: 200

kjmut: 200